Job description

Job responsibilities

The Practice is following the recommendations outlined in the BMA Safe Working in General Practice and appointment length is therefore 15 minutes with breaks allocated throughout the day.

A standard clinic is 13 patients in the morning and 12 patients in the afternoon.

Duty sessions are covered by our paramedics & ANP. Your duty Support session will ordinarily be once every week with the day to be confirmed by the rota.

You may be required to support your team by doing an additional Duty Doctor session when there is sickness or Annual Leave.

Visits:

The majority of visits will be covered by our paramedic but there will be times when you will need to visit patients. During periods of annual or sickness leave we would expect some flexibility to help cover the visits required.

Administration:

You will be responsible for the filing of your own requested investigations for your patients. If GPs are on leave, you may receive some of theirs in rotation to deal with.

Filing of letters/blood tests - are distributed based upon your allocated amount of patients on the practice list and sessions worked.

We have a workflow system here that the administrative staff deal with the high volume low impact items. This has a beneficial effect on administrative tasks for GPs.

Signing of prescriptions This is this done electronically and/or paper form. Scripts are signed by the Duty Support Doctor. We undertake ETP here, so it is a mix or both electronic and paper signing. We have a dispensary too, so there are prescriptions to be signed for them when you are Duty Support Doctor.

Supervision of nurses:

If you are the Duty Support Doctor and a nurse needs a GP opinion, script signing etc. then that is your responsibility. It is likely to be the Duty Team covering the minor illness clinics. Outside of DSD, its up to you as to how you develop that relationship, our nurses are highly experienced, but will touch base with you where appropriate to discuss your patients and you may wish to work closely with a nurse when you have referred a patient to them.

Meetings:

Regular Clinical Team meetings Twice Monthly on Mondays - these can be joined via Teams

PLT Events - External and in house PLT

Thursday GP CMEC sessions - As Visits allow, although most GPs manage to attend on a fairly regular basis.

Mentor:

You will be allocated a GP partner mentor, who is available to support you, although you may of course discuss any concerns with any of the Partners or GP colleagues.

Job responsibilities

The Practice is following the recommendations outlined in the BMA Safe Working in General Practice and appointment length is therefore 15 minutes with breaks allocated throughout the day.

A standard clinic is 13 patients in the morning and 12 patients in the afternoon.

Duty sessions are covered by our paramedics & ANP. Your duty Support session will ordinarily be once every week with the day to be confirmed by the rota.

You may be required to support your team by doing an additional Duty Doctor session when there is sickness or Annual Leave.

Visits:

The majority of visits will be covered by our paramedic but there will be times when you will need to visit patients. During periods of annual or sickness leave we would expect some flexibility to help cover the visits required.

Administration:

You will be responsible for the filing of your own requested investigations for your patients. If GPs are on leave, you may receive some of theirs in rotation to deal with.

Filing of letters/blood tests - are distributed based upon your allocated amount of patients on the practice list and sessions worked.

We have a workflow system here that the administrative staff deal with the high volume low impact items. This has a beneficial effect on administrative tasks for GPs.

Signing of prescriptions This is this done electronically and/or paper form. Scripts are signed by the Duty Support Doctor. We undertake ETP here, so it is a mix or both electronic and paper signing. We have a dispensary too, so there are prescriptions to be signed for them when you are Duty Support Doctor.

Supervision of nurses:

If you are the Duty Support Doctor and a nurse needs a GP opinion, script signing etc. then that is your responsibility. It is likely to be the Duty Team covering the minor illness clinics. Outside of DSD, its up to you as to how you develop that relationship, our nurses are highly experienced, but will touch base with you where appropriate to discuss your patients and you may wish to work closely with a nurse when you have referred a patient to them.

Meetings:

Regular Clinical Team meetings Twice Monthly on Mondays - these can be joined via Teams

PLT Events - External and in house PLT

Thursday GP CMEC sessions - As Visits allow, although most GPs manage to attend on a fairly regular basis.

Mentor:

You will be allocated a GP partner mentor, who is available to support you, although you may of course discuss any concerns with any of the Partners or GP colleagues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Practitioners holding medical posts must be fully registered medical Practitioners and their name included in a list in accordance with the List Regulations

Qualifications

Essential

• Practitioners holding medical posts must be fully registered medical Practitioners and their name included in a list in accordance with the List Regulations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cathedral Medical Group

Address

Cawley Road

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 1XT

Employer's website

http://www.cathedralmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/welcome,59830.htm (Opens in a new tab)